| Settlement Type: | City | ||||||||||
| Official Name: | Bilytske | ||||||||||
| Native Name: | Білицьке | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Ukraine | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Pokrovsk Raion | ||||||||||
| Population Total: | 7764 | ||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 48.4°N 48°W | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Dobropillia urban hromada | ||||||||||
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Bilytske (pronounced as /uk/;) is a city in Dobropillia urban hromada, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population:
During the Second World War, from November 1941 to 1943, the settlement was occupied by Axis troops.
In December 1966, the urban-type settlement became a city.[1]
In 1980s the basis of the economy was coal mining.[2] In January 1989, the population of the city was 11.6 thousand people[3]
In January 2013 the population was 8,691 people.[4]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 10,154 people. Over 70% of the population were Ukrainians, while 26% claimed to have an ethnic Russian background. Other sizable minorities are Belarusians and Tatars. The exact ethnic composition was as follows:[5] In terms of languages, Bilytske has a slim Russophone majority, while a large minority speaks Ukrainian as their first language. The exact compistion was as follows:[6] [7]